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Ivory Coast
Index
Despite Houphouët-Boigny's efforts to consolidate power
and
build a strong military, several events in the early 1960s
demonstrated the vulnerability of the new regime. In 1962
a group
of young radical PDCI members, displeased with the
regime's
moderate policies, allegedly planned to capture
Houphouët-Boigny
and other party leaders. More than 125 people were
arrested and
secretly tried in the president's hometown of
Yamoussoukro. Fortyfour of the alleged plotters were convicted. In 1963 the
government
announced the discovery of another plot, which allegedly
involved
a coalition of hostile groups, including left-wing youth,
discontented politicians, and northerners who resented
southern
domination in the government. In April 1971,
Houphouët-Boigny
released the last of those who had been jailed following
the 1963
trials and virtually admitted that the charges had been
baseless.
Data as of November 1988
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